History of Bradford Vermont
By Rev. Silas McKeen
Published by J. D. Clark & Son in 1875

 

 

JAMES ARMSTRONG AND FAMILY

James Armstrong, by occupation a farmer, and in life an honest man and worthy citizen, was born at Westport, Ireland, in 1799. He emigrated to America in 1824; married Elizabeth Liscomb, of Ackworth, N. H., in 1829 ; resided for a few years in Fairlee, Vt.. and removed thence to Bradford in 1836. They have one daughter, Ann, and an only son, James H. Armstrong, who, October 11th, 1864, married Mary Jane Snow, of Bradford, and is settled on the farm with his father, engaged in agricultural occupations, and has recently been elected by his fellow townsmen a Justice of the Peace. The family have a pleasant homestead and farm, on the south road, two or three miles west of the village. Mr. James Armstrong and wife, with their daughter and son, are all members of the Congregational church in this place. Biographie Index

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